Year: 2024

“Our PDA development plan to be released later today is expected to outline another attractive, high-return project that will nearly triple the current mine life of the Mulatos District. The development plan will be based on PDA’s current Mineral Reserve of one million ounces which had more than doubled over the previous two years. Our continued exploration success at PDA in 2024 highlights the significant upside potential to the project through further growth in higher-grade Mineral Reserves and Resources,” said John A. McCluskey, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“I am thrilled to announce the start of this fully-funded drill campaign” said Peter Latta, President. “Our team on the ground, as well as our technical advisors, have done a tremendous job collecting, analyzing and synthesizing all the data for these targets. I am eager to see the what possible mineralization lies underneath the out-cropping NW-SE trend of old workings and mineral occurrences that we have been able to identify.”

Scott Smith, Executive Vice President of Exploration, added, “The holes released today include some of the southeastern-most holes we have drilled to date, collared at over 550m along strike from the southeast Z-T pit crest. These holes intersected mineralization at elevations between 370m to over 450m (above sea level). We know that the areas where mineralization occurs in this structure also extend above and below these elevations, which in turn provides great targets to continue to expand Z-T in this direction.”

“We are very pleased with the results of the resource drilling,” stated Robert Archer, Electrum President & CEO. “In particular, the continuity and high grades of copper mineralization within and adjacent to the breccia pipe, the discovery of high-grade copper extending to depth, the extension of gold mineralization and the discovery of bonanza-grade molybdenum and even silver, will all have a significant impact on the resource estimate to be prepared by Stantec in the coming months.”

“The Company is very pleased with the progress being made since implementing the new operating plan for the Santana gold mine in June. Mining and stacking rates are now approaching levels last achieved in 2022 and as the lagging gold leaching recoveries naturally expand we are looking forward to a forecasted return to cash generation at Minera in Q4 of this year.” stated Darren Koningen, CEO.